Front | Back |
Palace Chapel of Charlemagne |
Carolingian
c. 792-805 Aachen, Germany |
Page with Matthew the Evangelist |
Carolingian
from The Ebbo Gospels c. 9th century ink on vellum |
Crucifixion with Angels and Mourning |
Carolingian
Figures, cover of the Lindau Gospels c. 870-80 gold and jewels |
Cloak Clasp |
Hiberno-Saxon
from Sutton Hoo c. 7th century England cloisonne |
Chi Rho Iota Page |
Hiberno-Saxon
From The Book of Kells Scotland c. 800 ink on vellum, initial page |
Seven-Headed Dragon and Woman Clothed with the Sun |
Maius
from the Morgan Beatus c. 940-5 tempera on vellum |
Borgund Stave Church |
Viking
Norway c. 1125-50 ridgepole wattle and daub thatching |
Church of Cyriakus |
Ottonian
exterior and nave Gemrode, Germany 961-973 |
Doors of Bishop Bernward |
Ottonian
Abbey Church of St. Michael Hildesheim, Germany 1015 bronze |
Christ Washing the Feet of His Disciples |
Ottonian
from Gopels of Otto III c. 1000 ink on vellum |